- Date
- March 23, 1989, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenswood, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9187ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890323004929A
- Case key
- 11494
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Probable cause
The pilots decision to land with a tailwind and inadequately compensating for the wind conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the winds were from the east and the airport UNICOM reported local traffic was using runway 03. The pilot said that he decided to use runway 21. Upon touchdown the pilot lost control and the airplane groundlooped. Post crash examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector disclosed no precrash failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9187A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18948
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William F. Meese
- Registered owner
- Evelyn Meese
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Airport
- I18 · Jackson Co., runway 3, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 158 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIT, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.